genesis-n
‘first book of the Old Testament in bible, book about the origin of things’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. genyses, ienesis, genosis < O.E. genesis ‘first book of the Pentateuch’ < Lat. genesis ‘generation, nativity’ < Gk. genesis ‘origin, creation, generation’ < gignesthai ‘to be born,’ related to genos ‘race, birth, descent’ < jehn < gene- < Tamil īṉ